TRA-1A regulates transcription of fog-3, which controls germ cell fate in C. elegans

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3119-3129

  Chen, Pei Jiun ^a   Ellis, Ronald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; fog3; Germ line; Sex determination; tra 1; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OOCYTES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033866975     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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